Manufacturing Engineer, Connected Warfare

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Manufacturing : Manufacturing Engineering : Manufacturing Engineering

This role is for a Manufacturing Engineer at Anduril Industries, a defense technology company. The role focuses on the manufacturing process of command and control systems, from prototyping to full-scale production. Responsibilities include ensuring design for manufacturability, acting as a subject matter expert for technicians, owning manufacturing documentation, collaborating on capacity planning, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The company mentions AI, autonomy, computer vision, and sensor fusion in its general description, but this specific role is centered on manufacturing engineering, not AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Execute the manufacturing of a certain product or set of products, from initial prototyping through large full-scale production.
  2. Work with design engineers during the development process to drive design for manufacturing best practices into the design effort, and help facilitate the transition from design to prototype to rate production.
  3. Act as a subject matter expert to technicians on the floor helping to solve complex build problems that arise such as, mechanical fitment issues, electrical and harnessing issues, as well as software and firmware issues.
  4. Own documentation required for successfully manufacturing products at scale such as MBOM’s, work instructions, process flows, floor plans, time studies, capacity analysis, etc.
  5. Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams to define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations.

Skills

Required

  • Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
  • 5+ years in manufacturing or similar position
  • An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication
  • A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning
  • Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource-constrained environment
  • Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience building successful production operations from scratch, often working with very little definition
  • Harness & PCBA fabrication experience or proven competency in mechanical system design and analysis
  • Ownership of a complex bill of materials for an electromechanical product
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes including sheet metal, machining, and 3D printing
  • Experience in NX/Teamcenter

What the JD emphasized

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance